What skills do you think are most useful for a DEI practitioner?

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Empathy and emotional intelligence

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Definitely yes. I’ve been lucky enough to work with great role models in this area who have taught me a lot

patience

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Completely agree - is there a moment in your DEI work where you remember where you exercised patience you can remember?

Allyship, tact and common sense. Understanding the impact of actions of a person in power on employees. For example: my boss saying that when he would observe biased behaviour - he would not intervene, because he would like to stay « neutral » 🤦‍♀️

DEI practitioners need to be humble and open to learning about different cultures. They need to be willing to challenge their own assumptions and biases.

Empathy, emotional intelligence and resiliency are core, but you need stakeholder management and influencing if you're going to drive change at senior levels. Also, if you're solo, you'll need research and report writing as well as presentation. If you lead a team, you need coaching and line management.

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